Homemade Attic Trusses

It s safer to use a crane for all.

Homemade attic trusses.

Cut plywood gusset plates to fasten together lightweight trusses. Video 7 skirting base trim options. Gusset plates are used to secure the connections between the individual truss components. Fashion your own set of plywood gusset plates by cutting thick sheets of plywood to fit over each site where one joist meets another.

Making shed trusses will not always turn out to be perfect it s very easy to build one that will be way off if your angle cuts are off by even as much as 2 or 3 degrees. Video 10 install roof sheathing. Yes you ll need a crane because a typical attic truss weighs well over 100 pounds. Select build wall straight exterior wallfrom the menu then click and drag to draw a rectangular structure.

The longer the truss and the steeper the roof pitch the larger the room. The rooms in the attic trusses depend on the length of the truss and the pitch or steepness of the roof. Cut a plumbed edge 45 degree angle cut in each rafter piece. There are two distinct methods for making your own roof trusses.

The plumbed edge will allow the rafter pieces to seamlessly fit together to form each truss shape. Select file new planfrom the menu to open a new blank plan. This will help as you build rafters for a shed that are properly cut and fitted. As well running an attic air duct system can be very difficult if the roof trusses were not designed for that application.

Make sure you have two rafter lengths for each truss you expect to make. Video 11 install fascia boards soffit material. Video 9 build install soffit ladders. You just need to correct any errors before going on to the next truss.

Because attic trusses require specific conditions to be met before they can be created we ll begin by drawing a simple structure that meets those requirements. Video 6 installing the trusses. Video 4 build homemade trusses. It takes considerable climbing skills and temporary walls to build the trusses in position so we will focus on prefabricating them.

On one hand you can prefabricate the trusses on the ground and then lift them into position or you can build them right in place. Video 5 framing walls.